Hoffman Mint No Cash Value Eagle Token

Have a No Cash Value token and want to know its value?

This was a floor find as my change finds have been slimming down to almost nothing. No Cash Value tokens have been around for decades or longer and are used anywhere from amusement parks, bars, to yard sales, and zoos. Summer is street fair season so I assume it came from one.

Made by Hoffman Mint, that little HM under the reverse and obverse design gives it away. They come in about 144 standard Americana designs or you can opt for a custom design. This one is a quarter size token made with a likely brass core and nickel silver plating. Nickel silver contains no silver it is just a reference to the luster and color.

The designs are T3 (18 stars, eagle on shield over branches with denticles) and T4 (No Cash Value, bookend squiggly designs with denticles) from their standard design catalog (PDF warning). Since a minimum order is 1,000 the price per token is between $0.09 to $0.19 per token depending on metal mixture. Tokens are great for businesses because they are a completed sale. Once a token is purchased by a customer the business will make a profit whether or not the token is used. If used the token gets resold, if not that is pure profit with a negligible loss if properly marked up.

Here are the stats for this token...
Type / Country: No Cash Value token / American
Year: Unknown
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Nickel Silver (Alloy 752) Plated; 70% Copper and 30% Zinc (Alloy 260) Core
Diameter: 1.000 inch Thickness: 0.062 inches Weight: 5.58 grams
Value: $0.10 in circulated Very-Fine
Obverse Writing: NO CASH VALUE  HM
Reverse Writing: HM

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1901-O Morgan Dollar

Have a Morgan silver dollar and want to know its value?

Common junk silver from 1901. Is that even possible? Yes it is. Not to mention it is also from the New Orleans mint. Even with all that in low grade you will only get melt value.

This coin was in bad shape the tarnish turned it greyish and kind of slick. Maybe it was in a fire but I think bad holder may have ruined this coin. The O above DO in DOLLAR reminds you about its New Orleans birth and in dollar coins that means little. New Orleans minted millions of silver and gold coins each year so they are rarely worth anything more than the Philadelphia mint, in some cases Phillies are worth much more.

Here's the stat for this coin...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar / United States
Year: 1901-O
Mintage: 13,320,000
Metal: 90% silver, 10% copper
Value: $20.00 in F-12

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1995 $1 Bill, K-I

Have a 1995 dollar and want to know its value?

This is the more common note and not the Web-Fed notes that are much more collectible.You can tell because on the reverse the plate numbers or on the bottom right of the large ONE not the top right.

I said it before I came into collecting currency late so finding a 1995 note in the21st century was a bit tough. This one is quiet wrinkled and circulated. Not that a high grade version would be worth more but at least it would be more appealing. Occasionally I come across a better 1995 note but I do not save it since I am still looking for a 1995 Web note.

Let me face it with currency I am not good at upgrading. I know that this bill will never be more than face value but I forget that I should get a cleaner note. Then again that is why I made this blog to keep track of things so maybe this I will seek out a better quality note. Hopefully.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $1 Note - Fort Worth / Dallas
Year: 1995
Printings: 1,318,400,000
Printed: February 1998
Run: 11th run out of 15 from K64000001I - K70400000I 
Value:  $1.00 in Fine

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2001 American Silver Eagle Dollar

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Silver bullion coins are made specifically for their metal content and not the face value. American silver bullion coins are available in either five ounce coins (25¢ face value) or one ounce ($1 face value) coins. Available directly from the mint there is also a huge secondary market because silver is always in demand.

Just in case you look at this coin and ask why is it so spotty the answer is because it is silver. Pure silver like this tends to tarnish if not stored properly. Cleaning it will ruin the coin and eliminate any extra value.

The front has the the classic Walking Liberty design seen on older half dollar coins. It also has LIBERTY, the date, and IN GOD WE TRUST. The reverse has a heraldic eagle under thirteen stars. The reverse contains the value ONE DOLLAR and 1 OZ. FINE SILVER, and the UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar / United States
Year: 2001
Mintage: 9,001,711
Metal: 99.93% Silver, 0.07% Copper
Value: $20.00 in any ungraded grade

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2002-D Germany 10 Euro Cents

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From the mint in Munich (D) this is one of last German Euro ten cent coins. Not sure why but they stopped issuing ten euro cents in 2004. Although the 2002 tens were minted in vast amounts.

The Brandenburg Gate is on the reverse and is a proud and sad symbol of a once divided and now united Germany. It is a very neat and proper coin I just wonder was it ever popular. I found very few of these in my change.

Finding this German coin was great although it was not really in my change. Instead I found it in a Coinstar machine rejection tray. Still counts for my collection but technically I have yet to find any foreign coin other than Canadians in my change include a recent 2001 cent that I will not showcase again.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Euro Cent / Germany
Year: 2002-D
Mintage: 722,050,000
Metal: Brass
Value: $0.15 in Very-Fine

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1999 $1 Star Note, C-*

Have a 1999 star note and want to know its value?

Although this star note is common I do like the numbers, they are almost repeating. Of course a true repeater note has extra value to collectors but at least this one looks neat.

I often get asked is it worth keeping these circulated star notes that are common. Well they answer is simply no. If you are collecting for fun then yes keep them until you can upgrade to a nicer grade. If you want a profit this note will probably not double in value for another 20 years, assuming circulated. Let it go if dream of retiring early.   

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $1 Note - D.C. / Chicago
Year: 1999
Printings: 9,600,000
Printed: March 2001
Run: 4th run from C09600001* - C12800000* 
Value:  $1.50 in CU

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